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Originally posted by techweenie
Signing statements aren't new in this administration, but there have now been over 750 instances of GWB signing a law and claiming an executive exception.
This is almost funny when the law is specifically passed to control a presidential decision and the president signs it while claiming it's null and void.
Here's the latest: Congress passed a law requiring minimum qualifications for anyone selected to head FEMA. Dubya said it doesn't apply to him.
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Bush cites authority to bypass FEMA law
Signing statement is employed again
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | October 6, 2006
WASHINGTON -- President Bush this week asserted that he has the executive authority to disobey a new law in which Congress has set minimum qualifications for future heads of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Congress passed the law last week as a response to FEMA's poor handling of Hurricane Katrina. The agency's slow response to flood victims exposed the fact that Michael Brown, Bush's choice to lead the agency, had been a politically connected hire with no prior experience in emergency management.
Full article:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/10/06/bush_cites_authority_to_bypass_fema_law/
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The mainstream media seem reluctant to comment on signing statements or recess appointments, or any of the other little chicken***** maneuvers this president pulls to avoid standing up for his opinions/choices.
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Yet, Congress has given Bush II new authority to arrest and detain, without habeas corpus, anyone he chooses; so obviously these signing statements don't concern them at all.
If Caligula were elected, would they act to restrain him? I doubt it.